COVID-19 scare: UNILAG shuts down staff club
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By Adesina Wahab
Following the death of two former professors who worked in the university that was linked to the COVID-19 disease, the authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have shut up down the staff club in its main campus in Akoka, Lagos.
The directive to shut down the club was given by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on Thursday to the Registrar who issued a memo to that effect.
Confirming the development to Saturday Vanguard, the Head of the Media Unit of the university, Mrs Olufadeke Akinleye, said the development was a precautionary measure.
COVID-19: UNILAG shuts staff club
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The management has, therefore, ordered that its Staff Club should be closed immediately.
Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice Chancellor, gave the directive.
“The directive is necessitated to curb the spread of COVID-19 as a result of a second wave of the pandemic”, the information read.
Ogundipe told The Nation that the closure was in compliance with the Lagos State Government’s instruction.
“It’s just to obey the directive from the government about the closure of club houses,” he said.
UNILAG is in a mourning mood after losing two Professors.
Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, a former VC, and Duro Ajeyalemi, ex-Registrar, Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, died within three days.
From February 27 to May 11, 2020, Nigeria recorded a total of 4,641 cases. The average daily death from the virus within the period was three as against the average of six daily recorded within the first five days of this year.
Lagos, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria, has continued to record more cases and deaths as the state governor and medical experts cautioned residents to adhere to safety protocols to stop further spread and possible imposition of another lockdown.
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Wednesday, lost another prominent professor, Duro Ajeyalemi, to the dreaded COVID-19 virus.
It was gathered that Professor Ajeyalemi died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation centre.
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